A Memory Not Forgotten
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Awakening Powers
A/N: Heya there! Hope you like this chappie! I think I'm getting better!! ENJOY IT!!!! ^_^ If you didn't, tell me why and, oh, if you didn't *sniff* You're mean!
Chihiro sighed as the warm breeze blew around stray locks of chestnut hair. Everything had just happened too fast. It was so hard to grasp all the events that had just come to play out. Staring at her hands, she thought, 'I don't _really_ have any kind of special power..do I?' She shook her head to dispel all thoughts from her mind. It was just too much. As she settled back down, she found the familiar emerald eyes watching her closely. They seemed to be asking a question as they glittered and sparkled in the sunlight, 'What's wrong?' was the simple query. As Chihiro looked into the dark pools of sea green, she wondered idly how any eyes could be so expressive. Patting Haku's neck, she whispered, "It's fine, there's nothing wrong." He looked doubtful, but turned his head around once again, and once again left Chihiro to her thoughts.
As she settled her head on his comforting neck, Chihiro's neck hairs rose in a similar fashion as in the parking lot. The sun glared above, but as she raised a hand to her head, she could make something out faintly fluttering in the breeze, and it was producing the same ominous energy as the spirit in her car. As it went lower, something gold glinted in the harsh sunlight and Chihiro stared at it, somehow knowing that she had seen something like it before. She gasped as sudden realization came over her. It was the same symbol on the coin. Speaking in a low voice, she muttered to Haku, "There's something following us, and it's emitting an energy like the one that was in my car, but it's," she floundered for words as she blinked in thought, "It's stronger and more..evil."
She felt Haku's muscles tense and a small growl vibrating in his throat. While his vocal chords weren't made for speaking, he barked out one word, "Sorezu." Chihiro could feel the hate emanating from Haku and her brow furrowed in worry. "What's bad about him?" she asked softly. Haku growled deeply, 'He's one of those spirits who wants you out of the picture, but unlike the others, he's very powerful, politically and physically,' he sent through her mind. Chihiro blinked in surprise as she thought, 'Did he just communicate _telepathically_?' Chihiro raised a brow. "That can't be it, I mean, there has to be a better reason than that to make you hate him so much," she said. Haku sent a wry look her way. 'Well, it took me ten years of training to be able to actually come to your world, and in that time I met a cruel, vindictive man who would do anything to get what he wants, and he wants your power, but the only way he thinks he can get it is if he kills you and takes over your spirit as soon as you arrive in Spirit World.' Chihiro's eyes widened in fear. "So he wants to kill me and then use me to control Spirit World or something?" Haku, if it was possible, gave her an expression something like arching an eyebrow. 'Yes, that's about right,' was his response. At that moment, a beating, fluttering sound came to their ears.
Great white wings flapped and sent waves of air towards them. A glittering sapphire phoenix cast them an intense, fiery gaze. A single black slit watched them in an orb of flaming orange red. As it hissed, tiny jets of flame spurted out of its mouth, and a screeching, monotone voice said, "Give me the girl, Kohaku." It's voice seemed to be so many sounds at once, low, high, screechy, and muttering. It combined to create a terrifying symphony of one voice. Around its neck was a simple cord binding the dazzling blue silk cape on its back. Emblazoned in the center, was an eye, a great, slitted eye that was wreathed in feathers. It was the exact symbol on the coin and now Chihiro knew to whom it belonged to.
Haku looked challengingly at the phoenix, his eyes unafraid. In fact, they gleamed with a defiance. His eyes flicked to Chihiro for a moment before tossing her off his back. Chihiro's eyes went big as her mouth opened in a scream. The air rushed around her as she struggled to get up, but to no avail. 'What the hell is Haku thinking?!' she thought furiously, 'I could f***ing die!' Sorezu became a sparkling blur as he dove towards the falling girl. "You are a fool, Haku," his many voices spat. Haku, having anticipated Sorezu's move, struck in that moment his enemy let his defenses down to dive. Baring his teeth in a feral grin he snarled, "No, Sorezu, it is you who is the fool." Blood spurted from Sorezu's neck, but Haku had no more time to attack. Chihiro was getting close to the ground, dangerously close. Berating himself repeatedly for attacking taking so long in attacking Sorezu, he stretched out his serpentine body in a breakneck plunge. As the wind swept up between his horns, his eyes widened in fear as his heart beat furiously in his chest. 'I can't lose her! Why did I undertake such a risky plan?' were the thoughts that raced through his frantic mind. He dove faster and faster until the wind threatened to push him back. Above, the glittering blue phoenix was fast disappearing as Haku's desperate dive plummeted lower.
Chihiro's eyes shut as she began praying to any kind of god to let her live. The air rushing around her ears began to speed up and she opened her eyes to slits to see what was below and immediately shut them, regretting opening them in the first place. The ground was coming towards her, and it was coming _fast_. 'Is this the way I'm going to die? I'm going to die as a splattered corpse?! HELL, NO!' At that last thought, her eyes snapped opened determinedly and something rushed out of the very depths of her soul. A strange green light surrounded her and she suddenly..stopped. Her eyes began glowing with the green light and it pulsed with her heart. Tendrils of hair loosely scattered around her face began to rise with the growing power. _Something_ was taking over her mind and she didn't care. It felt powerful. It felt..._good_.
Haku's breath caught as he saw Chihiro speeding to the ground. He wasn't going to make it. Then..Chihiro was gone, replaced by a glowing orb of green. He could barely make out her small form of center, but even that was being taken over by the strange pulsing power. His eyes glittered in horror as he realized what was happening. Chihiro's power had manifested and apparently, it had taken over.
A/N: Hehehe. I ended the chappie there!! ^_^ Ain't I evil?? Give me compliments, reviews, criticism, flames, whatever! I can take it! I need the flames for my popcorn anyway!
Ciao!
~Merayna
Disclaimer: ---that's what this is, a _disclaimer_.
Awakening Powers
A/N: Heya there! Hope you like this chappie! I think I'm getting better!! ENJOY IT!!!! ^_^ If you didn't, tell me why and, oh, if you didn't *sniff* You're mean!
Chihiro sighed as the warm breeze blew around stray locks of chestnut hair. Everything had just happened too fast. It was so hard to grasp all the events that had just come to play out. Staring at her hands, she thought, 'I don't _really_ have any kind of special power..do I?' She shook her head to dispel all thoughts from her mind. It was just too much. As she settled back down, she found the familiar emerald eyes watching her closely. They seemed to be asking a question as they glittered and sparkled in the sunlight, 'What's wrong?' was the simple query. As Chihiro looked into the dark pools of sea green, she wondered idly how any eyes could be so expressive. Patting Haku's neck, she whispered, "It's fine, there's nothing wrong." He looked doubtful, but turned his head around once again, and once again left Chihiro to her thoughts.
As she settled her head on his comforting neck, Chihiro's neck hairs rose in a similar fashion as in the parking lot. The sun glared above, but as she raised a hand to her head, she could make something out faintly fluttering in the breeze, and it was producing the same ominous energy as the spirit in her car. As it went lower, something gold glinted in the harsh sunlight and Chihiro stared at it, somehow knowing that she had seen something like it before. She gasped as sudden realization came over her. It was the same symbol on the coin. Speaking in a low voice, she muttered to Haku, "There's something following us, and it's emitting an energy like the one that was in my car, but it's," she floundered for words as she blinked in thought, "It's stronger and more..evil."
She felt Haku's muscles tense and a small growl vibrating in his throat. While his vocal chords weren't made for speaking, he barked out one word, "Sorezu." Chihiro could feel the hate emanating from Haku and her brow furrowed in worry. "What's bad about him?" she asked softly. Haku growled deeply, 'He's one of those spirits who wants you out of the picture, but unlike the others, he's very powerful, politically and physically,' he sent through her mind. Chihiro blinked in surprise as she thought, 'Did he just communicate _telepathically_?' Chihiro raised a brow. "That can't be it, I mean, there has to be a better reason than that to make you hate him so much," she said. Haku sent a wry look her way. 'Well, it took me ten years of training to be able to actually come to your world, and in that time I met a cruel, vindictive man who would do anything to get what he wants, and he wants your power, but the only way he thinks he can get it is if he kills you and takes over your spirit as soon as you arrive in Spirit World.' Chihiro's eyes widened in fear. "So he wants to kill me and then use me to control Spirit World or something?" Haku, if it was possible, gave her an expression something like arching an eyebrow. 'Yes, that's about right,' was his response. At that moment, a beating, fluttering sound came to their ears.
Great white wings flapped and sent waves of air towards them. A glittering sapphire phoenix cast them an intense, fiery gaze. A single black slit watched them in an orb of flaming orange red. As it hissed, tiny jets of flame spurted out of its mouth, and a screeching, monotone voice said, "Give me the girl, Kohaku." It's voice seemed to be so many sounds at once, low, high, screechy, and muttering. It combined to create a terrifying symphony of one voice. Around its neck was a simple cord binding the dazzling blue silk cape on its back. Emblazoned in the center, was an eye, a great, slitted eye that was wreathed in feathers. It was the exact symbol on the coin and now Chihiro knew to whom it belonged to.
Haku looked challengingly at the phoenix, his eyes unafraid. In fact, they gleamed with a defiance. His eyes flicked to Chihiro for a moment before tossing her off his back. Chihiro's eyes went big as her mouth opened in a scream. The air rushed around her as she struggled to get up, but to no avail. 'What the hell is Haku thinking?!' she thought furiously, 'I could f***ing die!' Sorezu became a sparkling blur as he dove towards the falling girl. "You are a fool, Haku," his many voices spat. Haku, having anticipated Sorezu's move, struck in that moment his enemy let his defenses down to dive. Baring his teeth in a feral grin he snarled, "No, Sorezu, it is you who is the fool." Blood spurted from Sorezu's neck, but Haku had no more time to attack. Chihiro was getting close to the ground, dangerously close. Berating himself repeatedly for attacking taking so long in attacking Sorezu, he stretched out his serpentine body in a breakneck plunge. As the wind swept up between his horns, his eyes widened in fear as his heart beat furiously in his chest. 'I can't lose her! Why did I undertake such a risky plan?' were the thoughts that raced through his frantic mind. He dove faster and faster until the wind threatened to push him back. Above, the glittering blue phoenix was fast disappearing as Haku's desperate dive plummeted lower.
Chihiro's eyes shut as she began praying to any kind of god to let her live. The air rushing around her ears began to speed up and she opened her eyes to slits to see what was below and immediately shut them, regretting opening them in the first place. The ground was coming towards her, and it was coming _fast_. 'Is this the way I'm going to die? I'm going to die as a splattered corpse?! HELL, NO!' At that last thought, her eyes snapped opened determinedly and something rushed out of the very depths of her soul. A strange green light surrounded her and she suddenly..stopped. Her eyes began glowing with the green light and it pulsed with her heart. Tendrils of hair loosely scattered around her face began to rise with the growing power. _Something_ was taking over her mind and she didn't care. It felt powerful. It felt..._good_.
Haku's breath caught as he saw Chihiro speeding to the ground. He wasn't going to make it. Then..Chihiro was gone, replaced by a glowing orb of green. He could barely make out her small form of center, but even that was being taken over by the strange pulsing power. His eyes glittered in horror as he realized what was happening. Chihiro's power had manifested and apparently, it had taken over.
A/N: Hehehe. I ended the chappie there!! ^_^ Ain't I evil?? Give me compliments, reviews, criticism, flames, whatever! I can take it! I need the flames for my popcorn anyway!
Ciao!
~Merayna
